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ASU game is canceled; officials weren't assigned
By Tommy Bowman | JOURNAL REPORTER
Published: November 24, 2010
COOKEVILLE, Tenn - Appalachian State’s game at Tennessee Tech scheduled for last night was canceled because of a lack of personnel to officiate the game.
Charlie Cobb, Appalachian State’s athletics director, said that it was up to ASU to have lined up game officials, as part of an agreement with ESPNU’s BracketBuster series, but that the detail was inadvertently overlooked. The Mountaineers were following up on a BracketBuster game against Tennessee Tech in Boone last season.
“It was our mistake,” Cobb said. “The officials didn’t get scheduled and it was up to us to do that. It’s unusual for the visiting team to be responsible for officials, but we should have known and triple-checked to make sure because we’ve done BracketBusters before.
“No excuses. We just messed it up.”
Cobb said late last night that there was interest on Appalachian’s part to play the game tonight, but that an agreement could not be reached to do so. There are no plans to make up the game this season.
It was the second time in a week that an ASU game didn’t start as scheduled. The Mountaineers’ home opener on Nov. 16 was delayed by 53 minutes until the arrival of game uniforms inadvertently left behind by visiting Montreat College.
Appalachian State will play at Vanderbilt on Saturday in a 2 p.m. start.
ASU game is canceled; officials weren't assigned
By Tommy Bowman | JOURNAL REPORTER
Published: November 24, 2010
COOKEVILLE, Tenn - Appalachian State’s game at Tennessee Tech scheduled for last night was canceled because of a lack of personnel to officiate the game.
Charlie Cobb, Appalachian State’s athletics director, said that it was up to ASU to have lined up game officials, as part of an agreement with ESPNU’s BracketBuster series, but that the detail was inadvertently overlooked. The Mountaineers were following up on a BracketBuster game against Tennessee Tech in Boone last season.
“It was our mistake,” Cobb said. “The officials didn’t get scheduled and it was up to us to do that. It’s unusual for the visiting team to be responsible for officials, but we should have known and triple-checked to make sure because we’ve done BracketBusters before.
“No excuses. We just messed it up.”
Cobb said late last night that there was interest on Appalachian’s part to play the game tonight, but that an agreement could not be reached to do so. There are no plans to make up the game this season.
It was the second time in a week that an ASU game didn’t start as scheduled. The Mountaineers’ home opener on Nov. 16 was delayed by 53 minutes until the arrival of game uniforms inadvertently left behind by visiting Montreat College.
Appalachian State will play at Vanderbilt on Saturday in a 2 p.m. start.
